The North Central Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee LEPC has a responsibility to help incre

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Hazardous Materials Awareness WeekJanuary
18-24, 2009 Compact Fluorescent Lamp
Safety/Collection Program
The North Central Florida Local Emergency
Planning Committee (LEPC) has a
responsibilityto help increase chemical safety
in our communities. The LEPC, County Emergency
Management and local businesses are partnering
to ensure that residents can save money and
energy by safely using efficient compact
fluorescent lamps that contain a very small
amount of potentially hazardous mercury. LEPC
Chairman Ron Mills says, It is important that
Florida residents know how we can safely clean-up
a broken compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) in our
own homes. A hazardous materials response team
does not need to be called if a bulb is broken.
Governor Charlie Crist has declared Hazardous
Materials Awareness Week statewide. The Florida
Division of Emergency Management is also a
partner in Floridas 2009 Hazardous Materials
Awareness Week. If a CFL or other fluorescent
lamp should break in your home, instructions on
how to safely perform a clean-up are available at
CFL Collection locations and on the LEPC web
site. For example, the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection recommends to not use a
broom or a vacuum to clean up a mercury spill.
Please pick up a CFL Safety flyer at one of the
CFL Collection Locations, download one from the
LEPC web site at http//ncflepc.org or email any
questions to LEPC Director Dwayne Mundy at
mundy_at_ncfrpc.org.
CFL Collection Locations Ace Hardware
(Trenton) Gilchrist Building Supply (Bell)